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Q: Is China preventing you from advancing further academically?
Before coming to China, I thought I would definitely go on to do a Masters. But since living here, that plan has been totally shelved and now I can't see myself ever enrolling in uni again. Does anyone else feel like China hampered their academic path?
11 years 12 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
When I first visited I hardly knew the difference between a noun and a verb. I know the difference now though, i've been an English teacher for the past eight years. So no, I guess.
I intended to use part of my my China experience to do my Masters in Education (TESOL) (one degree degree is in education). I did some teaching while in China, to this end, and kept research notes on the work I did.
However, when I went to use the research notes in the university in Australia, I was told it was irrelevant, as the main Chinese teaching method, Grammar Translation Method (GTM) was discontinued in the west in the 1930's.
Eventually, I was allowed limited use of them, to compare to modern teaching methods in Australia. However, I had to work in a school in Australia, as well as study full time post-graduate. I almost gave up, but stuck with it.
Not exactly. My crap financial situation is holding me back from advancing academically - I cannot afford to do the masters I want to do. China actually helped, but not enough.
Traveler:
Spare a thought for Chinese students that want to do a Masters in Australia. I have several Chinese friends that have done, or are doing, it. It costs $22,000 in uni fees alone, and then they need enough money to live on for most of the year (hard to study a Masters full time and work, especially when English is not your first language).
It is amazing that they can save that sort of money on a teacher's salary in China 
Hulk:
Aww, MissA! Don't give up! There's still hope; my Aunt became a doctor at 50. 
MissA:
Ha, can't stay away can you pogger?
Yes, I'll get there eventually guys, but it will just take time. Were the course/s I want to do commonwealth funded, it would be no hassle, but, alas, I must pay up front.
China do not hinder or hamper my anything, Chinese language do, I love the Chinese method of teaching and if we could receive those classes in a language we can fully understand and defend I think that would be better, China would produce a lot of genius, but not, we must learn in Chinese language and a lot do graduate without even the basic Knowledge of their major, that is the only problem here, another one is lack of updated equipment, computers used but some universities are still with the windows xp, visual basic 6.0 is the one being thought in 2013 when there is already a VB2010, that is quite sad, one other major reason is lack of teamwork, you have to do everything on your own and there is not combined knowledge to solve a problem.
May I ask how China hampered your path? I think I can complete a master's in two years while working in China and pay for the master's at the same time.
Internet access may be a barrier, I'm not sure.
When I first visited I hardly knew the difference between a noun and a verb. I know the difference now though, i've been an English teacher for the past eight years. So no, I guess.
Yep, it has. I got too lazy with my schoolwork since I had so much fun here. I know I complain a lot, but I did have a lot of fun until recently. I normally never talk about the fun times, so it may give the impression that I hate everything China.
Today we have tea, tomorrow you die or get deported, UNDERSTAND.
